Donald Trump's campaign aired on Sunday a two-minute ad saying the country has "gone to hell" during the Joe Biden and Kamala Harris administration as it continues to make its final push before the election on November 5.
However, the footage showed images that actually took place during Trump's administration, more specifically of protests during the racial reckoning that took place in 2020 following the murder of George Floyd.
Asked about the discrepancy, a member of Trump's campaign said that "the riot imagery shows the same radical leftists that embrace the chaos in Kamala's broken world view." "President Trump will fix our cities, make the nation safe, and stand up to those whose ideology says this abhorrent action is OK."
It is not the first time the Trump campaign makes such mistakes when posting campaign ads. POLITICO reported that another one posted during the weekend on X included B-roll of a barber shop located in Canada.
Moreover, a digital campaign from late September featured the wrong Georgia in digital campaign ads targeting voters of the state.
The ads feature a graphic depicting a beautiful mountain scene with the words "Register to vote for Trump." displayed at the top left. However, though the ads may target voters within the American state of Georgia, the images used are of the European country of Georgia.
In stock photo provider company Shutterstock's database, the image can be found with the caption "Cloudy morning view of the mountain hill in Upper Svanetia, Georgia, Europe."
"ATTENTION GEORGIA: I'm humbly asking you to stop what you're doing and check your voter registration status," the ad states in the caption above the image. "Only a handful of votes will decide this election."
The ad, which has been captured by coverage from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution appeared on Facebook but was seemingly removed from the platform shortly after users on social media began pointing out the Trump campaign's erroneous use of the image.
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